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Patented Sept. 20, |898.

B. KRELLENSTEIN.

FoLnlNG BED.

(Application led Apr. B, 1898.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOR WITNESSES 1N: Norms Pneus co.. nuoro-umn.. WASHINGTON. D. c,

NITED STATES BERNARD KRELLENSTEIN, VOF NEV YORK, N. Y.7 ASSIGNOR OF ONF-HALF A TO MOSES CRYSTAL, OF SAME PLACE.

FOLDINGUBED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 611,128, dated september ao, 189s.

Application filed April 8, 18 98.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARD KRELLEN- STEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain details of construction set forth inthe following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the bed closed or Jfolded. Fig. 2 is a view like Fig. 1, showing the bed open or unfolded. Fig. 3 is a section along 5c, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section along y fy, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of pivot connections.

The fixed or upright or, as it may be called, case portion of the bed is shown with the sides 1 2. The description of one side will explain the other. This case side is shown provided with guides or grooves 3 andl4,'one vertical and thev other horizontal, or practically so. v` l The folding portion is Shown with its head end at 5 and its foot or front end at 6. At 7 the folding portion 'at each side is jointed or pivoted to a slide 8 at the horizontal guide 4. When the bed' opens, the slide S carries its pivot connection-7 forward or. outside or clear of the case 1 2. The folding lpart 5 6 on opening is thus movedforward or away from the case, so as to secure' the proper length of bed or the proper distance'between the front or foot 6 and the bacl of the case 1 2.

The vertical guide 3, Fig. 5,.is shown at/ the front lower portion or edge 2 of the case side 1 2. The horizontal guide is shown lo cated above and clear of or out of contact with the vertical guide. The folding portion has a pivot or joint connection 9 with the vertical guide As the guides 3 and 4 are clear of one another, the pivot 9 cannot rise into the way of or interfere with the movement of slide 8.

The horizontal vguide 4v is extended out through the front of the case to allow the slide S to project or carry its pivot connection 7 forward beyond the case. The slide 8 isof proper length to fill or correspond to the guide 4 when the bed is closed, and said hori- Serial No. 676,953. (No model zontal guide 4 is extended clear across the case 1 2. The slide or traveler 8 has thus firm guidance to aid in steadyin g the bed or folding portion 5 6. j

When the bed is open, the foot portion 6 is supported bythe legs orsnpport 10, adapted to fold or close the portion 5 6 when the bed is folded. v

When the bed is open, .a person sitting or resting on the front portion 5 is apt to cause the folding portion to accidentally tilt or close about pivot 7. Axlocl; 'or 'latch made to engage slide 8 can bemade to prevent aecidental folding.

' The slide S is shown provided with a pin or shoulder 11. The folding portion has a latch 12, readily formed by a bar-strip of rigid material suitably guided or slidahly mounted in the folding part. A folding foot portion 13 14, Fig. 2, jointed to the bedportion 5 6 at 15 and connected to the latch'12 at 16, can be made to actuate the latter. This foot portion 13 14 maybe regarded as a lever of the first class with fulerurn at 15, power-point at 13, and resistance at 16. Vhen the bed is open, ythe footboard13 being swung to its exposed or open position, Fig. 2, will cause latch 12 to slideto or lengage the pin 11 to lock the bed Aportion in open position.v To fold the bed, the footboard 13 is swung into the bed portion or 'out of the Way, Fig. 1,'thus unlocking the latch 12 and leaving the'bed free to close.

The bed'or folding portion 5 I6 at 17, Fig. 2, has jointed thereto a head-frame'lS, which When the bed is open is extended back into the case. This head-'frame and folding portion have slats 19, supporting the springs or coils 20, for holding the bottom 21 in proper position. This flexible bottom 21 is fixed or secured at 22 to a suitable point or piece at therear part of the case and at a suitable point, as 23, to the folding part.

For easy working the pivots 7 and 9 might have antifriction sleeves or devices.Y As seen but one motion is required for opening or closing the bed portion 5 6, and in opening the pivot 9, rising along guide 3, and the slide 8, projecting along guide 4, the bed portion will be raised to proper height and extended t0 proper length. In closing, the drop of the bed portion down guide 3 will bring the closed IOO bed to the low height or appearance commonly known as chiffonnierf and the bed portion 5 0 being rigid or of one piece does not have to be folded or doubled.

The device can of course be made of any suitable material or materials, and its several parts shaped, ornamented, or designed, as seen fit.

The bottom 2l is free from or not attached to the spiral springs 20.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a case having each side provided with a vertical grooved guide- Way and with a horizontal grooved guideway located above and clear of the vertical guideway and extended out through the front of the ease, of a folding portion having a pivoted connection with the vertical guide, and a slide-bar havin ga slidable engagement in the horizontal guide-groove and having a pivotal connection with the folding portion ata point toward the outer end of said slide-bar so as to carry the said pivot connection forward outside the case on the opening of the folding part, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a case provided with a vertical guideway and with a horizontal guideway separate from and above the vertical guideway and extended to the front of the case, of a slide-bar movable in the horizontal guideway and adapted to extend beyond the same, and a folding part jointed to the said slide-bar toward its outer end and having a pivot movably engaged in the vertical guideway, substantially as described.

3. A case side having its front lower portion provided with a vertical guide or groove and a horizontal guide located above and clear of the vertical guide and extended out through the front of the case, a folding portion pivoted to the vertical guide, and a slide at the horizontal guide having a pivot connection with the folding portion, said slide` being made to project beyond the horizontal guide to carry its pivot connection clear of the case on the folding portion being opened substantially as described.

1. A case side having its front lower portion provided with a vertical guide or groove and a horizontal guide located above and clear of the vertical guide and extended out through the front of the case, a folding portion pivoted to the vertical guide, and a slide at the horizontal guide having a pivot connection with the folding portion, said horizontal guide being extended across the case side, and said slide being of a length to'll or correspond to the horizontal guide and being made to proj eet beyond the horizontal guide to carry its pivot connection clear of the case on the folding portion being opened substantially as described.

5. A case side having a vertical guide and a horizontally-travelin g slide, combined with a folding portion jointed or pivoted to the guide and slide and having a lock made to engage the slide substantially as described.

6. A case side having a vertical guide and a horizontally-traveling slide, combined with a folding portion jointed or pivoted to the guide and slide, said slide having a lockingpin and said folding portion having a latch made to engage the locking-pin substantially as described.

7. A case side having a vertical guide and a horizontallytraveling slide, combined with a folding portion jointed or pivoted to the guide and slide, a pin on the slide, alateh on the folding portion, and a folding foot portion connected to the latchfor actuating the latter substantially as described.

8. A case side provided with horizontal and vertical guides, a folding portion pivoted to the vertical guide, a slide at the horizontal guide having a pivot connection to the folding portion, a flexible bottom fixed to the rear part of the case and to the foot portion of the folding part, and a head-frame jointed to the folding portion and extended back into the case, said headframe and folding portion having supporting-springs for the bottom substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BERNARD KRELLENSTEIN.

Vitnesses:

W. C. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

